Effect of patient-oriented nursing intervention on the anxiety of patients with gastrointestinal hemorrhage

Abstract

Objective To eliminate undesirable psychological influence and help patients actively cooperate with treatment and nursing by means of nursing intervention with the anxiety of patients with gastrointestinal hemorrhage.Methods According to their admission order,100 patients with gastrointestinal hemorrhage from Gastroenterology Department of Nanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command from January 2010 to October 2011 were divided into control group (50 cases) and observation group (50 cases).The control group received conventional drugs and nursing,while the observation group,in addition,received patient-oriented nursing intervention for 5 weeks.SAS and SDS were respectively used to investigate before and after the intervention.Results The differences between SAS and SDS scores of two groups before the intervention were not statistically significant (P ＞ 0.05).After the intervention,SAS and SDS scores of two groups were lower than that before the intervention,and the differences were statistically significant (t =10.03,10.30,respectively; P ＜ 0.01).The SAS score of the observation group was (26.78 ± 6.45),while that of the control group was (38.35 ± 6.53),and the differences were statistically significant (t =10.85,P ＜ 0.01).The SDS score of the observation group was (16.56 ± 7.98) while that of the control group was (23.01 ±5.98),and the differences were statistically significant (t =11.09,P ＜ 0.01).Conclusions Patient-led nursing intervention by cognition,psychology and behavior can effectively reduce the anxiety of the patients with gastrointestinal hemorrhage,thus to promote their recovery from disease. Key words: Nursing intervention; Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Anxiety